Holders for pony tail hair arrangements



April 29, 1958 G. M. CHAMBERS HOLDERS FOR PONY TAIL HAIR ARRANGEMENTS Filed Feb. 21, 1957 lll 1 INVENTOR. GLENN M. CHAMBERS- ATTQRNEY HOLDERS FOR PONY TAIL HAIR ARRANGEMENTS Glenn M. Chambers, Longview, Wash.

Application February 21, 1957, Serial No. 641,724

1 Claim. (Cl. 132-48) The present invention relates to holders for pony tail hair arrangements.

The primary object of the invention is to provide means to bind the hair into a tail, adjacent the head including a resilient band, having hooks on either end adapted to be easily hooked into the hair by its one end, having a second hook on the opposite end adapted to hook into the hair after the wrap has been made. Hereto resilient bands have been used by wrapping the band and slipping the tail through the band itself. With this old system it was very diflicult to get the band to stay in place without slipping down over the tail, also the resilient band had a tendency to tear or pull the hair while removing the same. With this new and improved holder, simple hooks are provided on each end of the band, first one hook is hooked into the tail, after which the band is wrapped about the tail and a second hook quickly and easily hooked into the tail, holding the band in place. By these special hooks on the band, the band is prevented from slipping down over the tail while wearing, and is easy to remove with out tearing or pulling the hair.

In order to carry out the above object, special hooks are provided which can be hooked on to any resilient band by a special operation, but will not come off the band until this action again takes place by the operator.

By the use of this new and improved pony tail holder, the wearer of the tail can easily apply the same without the help of others.

()ther objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in the light of the attached drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention shown on a pony tail.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan view of the pony tail, illustrating the holder secured to the pony tail.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the hooks associated with the band partly broken away.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the hooks showing the band being applied to the hook.

Figure 5 is a perspective view which illustrates how the band is retained on the hook.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a modified hook structure.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the United dttes Patent 0 ice several figures, the reference numeral 10 indicates an endless flexible resilient band or loop having two straight flights 19 and 20 and two curved ends 21 and 22 forming a part of my new and improved pony tail holder. The resilient band 10 is provided with hooks 11 and 12 fixedly secured thereto in the following manner. The hooks 11 and 12 have shank portions 17 and are provided with an eye 13 on one end, and with the return bend open hook 14 on their opposite ends. The end 15 of the eye 13 approaches the shank portion 17 of the hook 11 or 12 and has a slight clearance 18 provided suificient to permit the resilient band 10 to pass between the end 15 of the loop and the shank 17 of the hook 11 or 12, when either placing the hook 11 or 12 on the band 10 or removing the same, as illustrated in Figure 4 when the band 10 is stretched as indicated by the arrows.

The clearance 18, referring to Figure 5, is not sulficient enough to permit the band 10 to slip from the eye 13 when the band 10 is not in a stretched condition, therefore the hooks 11 and 12 never become lost from the resilient band 10. This is an important feature. As the resilient bands 10 are used they become deteriorated and another band 10 can then be applied to the original hooks 11 and 12, thereby using the hooks 11 and 12 over and over.

The eye 13 illustrated in Figures 1 through 5 is the preferred structure, but Figure 6 illustrates a modified form of eye 13', but still having the same principle of applying the same to the band 10.

In operation, the pony tail is formed in the conventional manner. Referring to Figure 2, the hook 11 is hooked into the hair, the resilient band 10 is then wrapped tightly around the pony tail, after which the hook 12 is hooked into the hair as illustrated in Figure 2. The holder is thus prevented from sliding down over the pony tail.

The design of this new pony tail holder is such that the parts could be made of ornamental material, giving a pleasing appearance thereto.

Having thus described the preferred embodiments of the invention it will be understood that numerous structural modifications and adaptations may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claim. What is claimed is:

A holder for pony tail hair arrangements comprising an endless flexible resilient loop of substantially flat configuration composed of two straight flights and two curved ends, a shank at each of said ends, a hook formed on one end of each of said shanks, and an eye formed integrally on the opposite end of each of said shanks and engaging over said curved ends, with the end of said integral eye spaced sufficiently from said shank to permit said loop to he slid therebetween when in stretched condition.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

